If you fancy yourself a bit of a puzzle pro, a code cracker, a conundrum connesieur, then have we got the gaming showcase for you! The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, an official Steam festival organised by developer/publisher Draknek & Friends, is returning in 2025 and promises a lineup of over 300 games!

Back for its fourth year, The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase will be on from Thursday, May 29th to Thursday, June 5th, a whole week of video games designed to get your grey matter going.

A press release for the event sums it up perfectly:

“Now in its fourth year, the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase has become a staple for gamers who enjoy a cerebral challenge. The showcase celebrates and showcases puzzle games of all sizes and scopes, for all audiences. The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase shows players who may have only played one or two puzzle games that there’s so much more to enjoy in the space.”

This is the largest Cerebral Puzzle Showcase to date, with over 300 games set to appear over the week-long event. Gamers can expect to see “a whole host of brand new releases, discounts on popular puzzle titles, curated genre-specific bundles, and exclusive, brand-new demos from some of the most innovative studios.”

Here are some of the games you can expect to see over the course of the showcase, including which day they are planned to feature.

Games Launching During The Showcase:

• Pup Champs (May 19)
• Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping (May 22nd)
• Gentoo Rescue (May 22nd)
• Mad Experiments: Escape Room – Sanctuary (May 26th)
• Shrink Rooms (May 28th)
• TRAILS (May 29th)
• Kiko's Apple Adventure (May 29th)
• Projected Dreams (May 29th)
• The Parallel Experiment (June 5th)
• Axona (TBC)

Games Releasing Exclusive Demos For The Showcase:

• Spooky Express
• City of Voices
• Schrodinger's Cat Burglar
• Agent of Veil
• HAMSTERMIND
• Trifolium
• A Little Perspective
• Lucky Me
• Memory's Reach
• The Button Effect
• Sliding Hero
• Öoo
• Strange Antiquities (June 5th)

Games Receiving Content Updates During The Showcase:

• Railbound – Level Editor
• Hackshot – Content Update
• Isles of Sea and Sky – Content Update
• Chroma Zero – New Languages

There will also be several official bundles releasing during the showcase: Metroidbrainia, Escape Room, Detective, and Not What You’d Expect. Keep an eye out for these to get some great deals! If you are excited for the showcase, make sure you don’t miss the opening livestream, which will run from 10am – 4pm PDT on May 29th to June 1st on the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase homepage. It will feature gameplay, developer interviews, and sneak peeks at game demos.

A lot of us here at the GSC are big fans of puzzle games, so you can be sure we will be tuning in to find our next fun-filled mental workout!

Are you looking forward to the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase’s return in 2025? Let us know in the comments.